Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket...
Geneva, Mar 16, 2008
LOT 468
Kulper, Brueg, circa 1740. Fine and unusual oval vermeil snuffbox fitted with a watch.
CHF 3,500 - 5,000
USD 3,200 - 4,500 / EUR 2,200 - 3,100
Sold: CHF 4,200
C. Three-body, oval, the covers opening from a central hinge, the dial on one side and the tobacco compartment on the other, the lids engraved with a charmingly naïve scene of two gentlemen sitting at a table, one smoking a pipe, the other pointing at a globe. D. Silver, champlevé, Roman chapters, outer Arabic five-minutes in arched cartouches, set in an engraved gilt plate, auxiliary regulating dial in the top left corner, an identical dummy to theright for symmetry. Blued-steel poker and beetle hands. M. 35 x 49 mm., semicircular, brass full plate, baluster pillars, fusee and chain for the going train, verge escapement, plain three-arm balance, flat balance spring, plain brass onefooted cock. Dim. 88 x 56 x 14 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 4-16 |
Fair Rusted |
Movement: 4* |
Fair Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-7-04 |
Good Oxidized HANDS Later |